The young man referred to his performance after being eliminated and said that “he lost time” after being covered by other cars. His future for 2026 is “open.”
The pilot of Formula 1 Franco Colapint shared in the last hours his frustration after being left in the Q1 of the Netherlands Grand Prize. The young man could not advance beyond the first cut of the classification and will start in the 16th position.
“We made bad changes in the FP3, for which we reversed and the car was fine, it was better”, He said after 16 ° on the grill for Sunday’s start. In this scenario, the Argentine ran with extra pressure after the statements of the French team leader Flavio Briatore and was frustrated for not being able to advance positions.
Franco Colapint was frustrated after his elimination
However, the Pilarense suffered an inconvenience that prevented him from advancing to the next stage: “I was covered by two cars in sector 3, Sainz and Bearman, and I wasted a lot of timethey know what they do. When you have a two -second car forward, you lose a lot of load and feel a lot, ”he nodded.
In this sense, he lamented for this situation after being eliminated by only 0.067. “A pity because I had made a good return and a good first sector, good second sector and in the last one I lost a lot of load. A pity because I think we would have to have happened, but hey, Focus on tomorrow“, He concluded.
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Formula 1: How was the start grill for the GP of the Netherlands
- Oscar Piastri
- Lando Norris
- Max Verstappen
- Isack hadjar
- George Russell
- Charles Leclerc
- Lewis Hamilton
- Liam Lawson
- Carlos Sainz
- Fernando Alonso
- Kimi Antonelli
- Yuki Tsunoda
- Gabriel Bortoleto
- Pierre Gasly
- Alexander Albon
- Franco Colapint
- Nico Hulkenberg
- Esteban Ocon
- Oliver Bearman
- Lance Stroll
The next race can be tune in this Sunday, August 31 at 10 (Argentine time).
Flavio Briatore about the future of Colapint and Alpine’s performance
Briatore defined as “terrible” Alpine’s performance In the 2025 season and accepted that the team made a serious mistake in the development of the A525 car.
The vehicle presented many shortcomings throughout the year, reflected in the last place in the Builder Championship. In addition, the debacle settled again in the classification session of the Great Prize of Netherlandsin which Colapinto obtained 16th place and Pierre Gasly, the 14th.
The Italian, after the criticisms he raised about the Argentine in the last hours, referred to his future in the team for 2026: “With Franco, for next year, we have not yet decided anything, everything is open. We still have 10 races to decide, ”said Briatore in an interview on Canal+.
Source: Ambito
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